The day is here! Our conference “Mapping the Sacred in Byzantium: Construction, Experience and Representation” #MappingSacredByzantium has started at Newcastle University. Find us in the Keeton-Lomas Lecture Theatre History at Newcastle, Classics at Newcastle, Archaeology at NCL [email protected]

Where are the good places for hesychia? I map the setting of hesychast experiences in late Byzantine lives of saints and discuss implications for the diffusion of hesychasm in my paper at the end of the #MappingSacredByzantium conference. Newcastle University

Are states prepared for the #digital challenges of the 2024 #EPelections? Only 17 #EU member states have their own #Regulations directly or indirectly related to #digitalpoliticalcampaigning. Our interactive map: digieffect.eu/data-visuals👇@GabrielaBorz Remi Almodt Cristina Mitrea

How is the #EU preparing for #EUElections2024? Check out our: 1) #blog by Anna Longhini on #Defence of #Democracy Pack 👇 digieffect.eu/how-is-the-eu-… 2) EU regulatory timeline (2016-2023) on #digitalpoliticalcampaigning 👇 #EUvsDisinfo #betteregulation #disinformation

Excited for my blog post on national regulation of online campaign spending!

Digital technologies and democratic processes in the EU. Great #CES24 conference, panel discussions and company! Thank you Cristina Mitrea Remi Almodt @oscar_barbera Fabio Lupato Marco Meloni @JasFitzpatrick@ma📯 Valeria Tarditi CES @SciencePoLyon Université Lyon 2

Followers of digital politics and political parties, check out our results from the DIGIEFFECT party survey (2024) across Europe: Report: 📜 digieffect.eu/wp-content/upl… EUvsDisinfo EU Research Results Digital EU 🇪🇺

The results from our European party survey are out!

Ahead of May 2025 elections, here is a recap of 2024 (Digital) Election Forensics Romania. Check out DIGIEFFECT research report no. 2: digieffect.eu/wp-content/upl… Highlights: - disinformation narratives - tone of campaigning - party expenditure. #Disinformation #Elections2025

New report on the 2024 Romanian elections #NextGenerationEU

Does doing worse than your parents make you more liberal? Check out my new open access article on the family transmission of conservatism published in European Politics and Society